Tuesday, May 7, I935 ARMOUR TECH NEWS Page Five Discovers Triple Weight Hydrogen Lord Rutherford Starts New Scientific Research Hardly over the shock of hearing that Drs. Urey, Br‘ickwedde, and Murphy had discovered a double weight hydrrgen. scientists have been startled again by Lord Rutherford’s latest announcement. Experiment- incr with deutons-—the nuclei of heavy hydrogen atoms~lie has made them collide at high speed and has obtained results that lead him to be. lieve in the possible existence of a triple-weight hydrogen. In this country Professors Latimer and Tuvo have looked for this new type of hydrogen. They have not isolated it, but merely watched the paths of the nuclei as they were bent by a magnet. Trillium, as this new substance is called, is wanted, in a concentrated form, by both chemists and physicists, who would be satis- fied with a thimblcful. Princeton Man Has Process At the recent meeting of the Elec- trochemical Society, Professor Tay- lor of Princeton described his lab“ orious process of isolation. Dr. Bleakney, a colleague, had proved that heavy water (combination of doublcmweight hydrogen with oxy- gen) contained one part of the tripleweight in 200,000 parts. Pro- fessor Taylor attempted the same process to obtain tritrium as is used to obtain deuteriumfl-namely, a com‘ plicated process of electrolysis. Starting with seventy‘fivc tons of ordinary Water, Professor Taylor pa- tiently clectrolyzed and evaporated it. After a year he has ten drops. Even this concentrate is not pure. For every 10,000 parts of deuterium water the ten drops contain only one part of trilrium, the triple weight hydrogen. More at Princeton Than Anywhere Experiments show that in ordin- ary water (H,,O) (his triple-hydro- gen is presentgto the cxtrn‘. of one part in 10,000,000,000 parts of wa- ter. The ten drops at Princeton, im- pure as they are, contain more triple- wclg‘h‘. hydrogen than is to be found in any other place in‘the world. Similar experimentation has at- tempted to ascertain whelhcr the electrolytic process concentrates the heavy oxygen of mass eighteen over 'that of normal oxygen of mass six- teen. It would appear that the proc- ess is not very efficient, for a sam- ple concentration of HgO (normal water) by electrolysis from 120,000 volumes to one volume increased the heavy oxygen concentration merely from one part in 500 to one part in 450. Other Separation Methods Needed “While such changes in the ratio of the two species are sufficient for many scientific experiments," said Professor Hugh S. Taylor, chairman of the chemistry department at Princemn. “It will be necessorv to utilize other meihods of separation if it is desired to produce pure speci- mens of the two forms of oxygen similar to those already obtained with deuterium, the hydrogen of mass two." Inciden‘ally, the atomic weight of ordinary hydrogen, long regarded as 1.0078, is due for revision if recent Cambridge University experiments are independently substantiated. The new figure, 1.008], is derived from a complex system of “atom smash- ing” which is ten times as accurate as the mass spectrograph, formerly considered the most exact of all atom scales. If this new discovery is independently upheld, every atom- ic weight table in the science text— books of the world will become auto. matically obsolete. Employment Subject at A.S.M.E. Address Methods which graduates of engil neering schools can cliectively use in obtaining: employment were pre- sented last Friday in a talk by Mon- roe A. Smith, SE. ’10, who spoke at a meeting: of the Armour branch of the A. S. M. E. Mr. Smith in person- nel director of the U. S. Gypsum Company, and suggested personal evaluation of abilities and the am swerirg ol‘ hl‘nd ads as being among the possible ways of obtaining work. Several things to be avoided in ap- plying for a job, suchas not dress- ing; to suit the type of work, were also brought out. l Chi Epsilon Initiates Four Juniors; Senior, Chi Epsilon, honorary civil engi-i neel'ing fraternity, initiated fivei l members of the junior and senior classes in civil engineering last night. The men are B. Jones, a senior, and J. Galandak, J. 0. Lat-i son, ’1‘. S. Ramotowski, and G. A.| Zwissler, juniors. l The initiation ceremonies were held in the chapter rooms, and were followed by a dinner in the faculty grill and a visit to the musical re- vue “Life Begins at 8:40”. A num~ her of‘ faculty and alumni members attended. Speech_ll‘todrcloihind A.S.ME. Convention Junior and senior mechanicals atw tended the Third Midwest Student Conference of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, which was held at the Allerton Hotel, Chicago, last Monday and Tuesday. Professor D. Roesch and three Armour stu- dents, J. J. DeBoo, R. J. Maci, and F. Meyer, represented Armour on the General Arrangements commit- tee for the convention. At the technical sessions, prizes in the student theme contest were‘ awarded. First prize was won by E. J. Well- aver of Marquette U. for a paper on “A Mathematical Determination of the Contact Length of Helical andl Herringbone Gearing." E. W. Jen-l sen, U. of Iowa, on “Stresses in anl Automobile Engine Crank Shalt”,‘ won second prize, and the third went to J. Deflamcr, Michigan Tech. His subject was “The Development of a Test for Set in Split Bamboo Fish. ing Rods.” W. W. Henning repre- sented Armour at the electrical scs-, sions with a talk on “Critical Speeds and Torsional Vibrations in Chank— shells." ARMUUR TRA CKMEN ‘ speaker. LOSE T0 NORTHERN lLLlNOIS TEACHERS The Techawks suffered am unex- pected setback when a delegation of tracksters from Northern, Illinois Teachers’ College invaded Ogden field on Saturday, April 27, and went home with an 82 to 49 victory to their credit. Captain Roberts and Faust led the Armour attack with 13 and 8 points, respectively. Nori siarred for the visitors, scoring 14 points. In com- trast with the grand slams which the local dashmen had scored in previous meets, Northern Illinois turned the tables and made a clean sweep of the 220-yard dash and allowed only one Armour man to place in the cen- tury dash. The Techmcn evened things a little by virtue of the three- way tie in the high jump between Bejeck, Nelson and Thornton, all of Armour. The outstanding performances of lhe day were made by Nori and Cowan, both of Northern Illinois. The former won the broad jump with a leap of 22 feet and 21/2 inches, which surpasses the Armour record by 6 inches. Cowan, not to be out- done, hcavcd the Ill-pound shot a distance of 42 feet. The relay, as usual, furnished the last thrill of the afternoon. North— Gearing is Topic of Evening Class Tulle Arranged by Mr. Gatly, machine‘ shop instructor in the evening} school, a talk on gearing was pre» sented to the machine shop class last, Friday. Mr. J. 1-]. Davey of Browncl and Sharpe Company was llici ern Illinois had a big lead when Nel- son, Armour anchor man, took the baton. He reduced the lead to a point where, am the home stretch it looked as though it would be another victory for Armour. Despite his 'hcroic effort Nelson finished behind his opponent. Summaries ‘ loo-yard Dasha-Won by Trakas (N.I.); second, Nori (N.I.); third, Dunbar (A.). Time, :10.3. 100~yurd High Hurdles—Won by Roberts (A.); second, Hand (N.I.); third, Ii‘leig (A.). Time, 214.1. Shot Put—«Won by Cowan (Ni); second, H-cin (N.I.); third, Roberts (A.). Distance, 42 feet. Milo Run—Won by Faust (IL); second, Yeakel (N.I.); third, Baker (N1). Time, 4.:55.1. 440~yard. Run—Won by Hello (N.I.); second, Neal (A); third, Becles (N.I.). Time, :54.7. High Jump —— Bcjeck, Nelson, Thornton (A.), tied for first. Height, 5 it, 8 in. lOO-ynrd Low Hurdles—~Won by Hand (N.I.); second, Roberts (A.); third, Shartz (N.I.). Time, 112.1. ZZO-yarcl Dash ’- Won by Nori (N.I.); second, Trakas (NJL); third, Russel (N.I.). Time, 223.7. 880~yord Run-«Won by Nelson (A.); second, Hein (N.I.); third, Tuma (A.). Time, 2:14.51. Two-mile Run—Won by Baker (N.I.); second, Faust (A.); third. Bagg (Ni). 'l‘imc, 10:53.0. Mile Relay—Won by Northern Illinois. Time, 2:101. Disco.» Throw—Won by Cowan (N.I.); second, Robot-ls (A.); third,, Traloas (N..I.).‘ Distance, 121 ft, 8 in. Javelin Throw—«Won by Concidine (N.I.); second, Peters (N.I.); third,‘ Roberts (A.). Distance, 149 it, 7 in.‘ Pole Vault ——-Won by Eustace! (N.I.); so ond, Concnlino (A); Others may disappoint. I never do. I’m always mild, always fine to taste—~136cause l’rn made of fragrant, expensive center leaves, only. Turn your back on top leaves. They’re raw, bitter, stinging. Turn your back on bottom leaves. They’re coarse, sandy, grimy. Before I consider it Worthy, every leaf must be a center leaf, mild, fine—tasting, fragrant. I do not irritate your throat. Above all ——I’m your best friend. , medals , They exceeded about 20 contestants,‘ - lg, ~ run ~ worn Perhaps this is a bit post season, but sometimes we just can’t help (nagging about the athletic prowess of our own faculty members or slu- dcms. The following, was taken from the “This Month’s Yesteryear Cal— cnd r,” column of the “Chicago Mug- rmino" for April, 1935. April, 1908 “A huge mass meeting was held in Kent Theatre to celebrate the National Basketball Champion- ship presented to the University of ' "WI/o I) ' captain John Schommcr’s quintet, after winning from Pennsyl- vania, by a score of 10 to 15. Schum- mcr personally rolled up 275 poinls during the season.” a a. Pentathlon contestants will a perlcct scorc——5,000 points: 100 yd. dash—110.0. Shot put—-48 1'12. 7%; in. 100 yd. high hurdles—«114.0. Broad jump-~21 ft. 8% in. Bill”. yd. run—2:009. Those, by the way o‘l' info, are school records accumulated through the years. ow Last year John Roberts, with 11,287 points, and Alex Kulpak, with 4,086, copped the honors in the let- llermen’s cvont. Bruno Rimmi, 2,95%, and Joe McGraih, 3,896, took the in the non-letter division. n Broad .lump~W0n by Nori (N.I.); second, Kulpak (AJ; tied for third, .‘Co'son (A.) and Neal (A.). Dis- ithird, l‘lcvrdjes (A.). Height, 11 ft. ! tar-cc. 22 l't., 2‘2 in. Rs“ aQ§K§§ \ . , x we. \ be shooting); at the following marks for Tech Wine from Loyola Norman: Last Monday the Tech netmen dc. Lfeated Loyola University, four {matches to three, on the Loyola icourts in the second game of the sea» son. Armour captured :three of the five singles events and split with the North Siders in the doubles. Rich— ardson of Loyola defeated Lammers of Armour after a close fought bat» tle. Esbcnsen, Schmidt, and Freund. all of Armour captured their respec- tive matches with great case. Dick Armsbury lost to Crowley of Loyola by a very narrow margin. In the doubles, ihe Tech combination of Lammers and Freund lost to the Loyola team, but the Armsbury- Eshcnscn duo evened this loss by winning easily by 6—0, 6-1. Next Friday and Saturday the rac- quctocrs will travel to Greencaslle nnd Terre Haute to engage with the DePauw and Indiana State Teachers Jollcxre contingents. Last year the De Pauw match resulted in a 4-3 victory for the Tochawks on the home courts after being rained out at Greerncastle earlier in the week. The Indiana State Teachers’ team is an unknown quantity as far as previous records ,are concerned because they have new or been matched against Armour. while already do men have entered this year’s event—«bigger and bet- ter! ('1) North Central, due here Wednes- day for a ball game, set the Tech- men down 16-3 in a game played at Napcrville. The Demons pushed five runs across in the first. The “Lugan” , Lauchiskis rates big: mention for his ‘ home run and two out oi four at bat.